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Downturn? India to have 3.02 lakh millionaires by 2018!

Last updated on: October 09, 2013 14:01 IST

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The number of millionaires in the country is expected to jump over 66 per cent at 3.02 lakh (3,02,000) by 2018, even as 94 per cent of India's population has wealth below $10,000, according to a global wealth report.

At present, the country has 182,000 millionaires, Credit Suisse Research Institute said in its fourth Annual Global Wealth Report 2013 released in Mumbai on Wednesday.

"As the world's largest democracy with a strong federal structure and vibrant markets, Indian wealth has seen rapid growth since 2000.

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Downturn? India to have 3.02 lakh millionaires by 2018!

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“Wealth per adult has risen by 135 per cent from $2000 in 2000 to $4,700 in 2013 at an average annual rate of 8 per cent," Credit Suisse head of India equity research, Toral Munshi said.

But the 35 per cent rise in the adult population caused aggregating wealth to more than triple during the same period, the report said.

"In US dollar terms, there was a significant contraction in 2008, mostly due to the depreciation of the rupee . . . The rupee took another dive in 2011-12, prompting a 20 per cent decline in wealth in dollar terms," the report noted.

However, wealth per capita has grown quite steadily since 2000, managing an average annual rate of 8 per cent, the report said.

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Downturn? India to have 3.02 lakh millionaires by 2018!

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Observing that the wealth in India rose by 7.4 per cent to $3.4 trillion in mid-2013, the report said wealth per adult in the country is expected to rise at a CAGR of 9.3 per cent at $6,600 by 2018.

The report noted that only 0.4 per cent of the Indian population has net worth of over $1lakh but added, "However, due to the country's large population this translates into 2.8 million people.

India has 254,000 members of the top 1 per cent of global wealth holders, which equates to a 0.5 per cent share, the Credit Suisse report said.

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Downturn? India to have 3.02 lakh millionaires by 2018!

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"Along with most countries in the developing world, personal wealth in India is heavily skewed towards property and other real assets, which make up 86 per cent of household assets.

“Personal debts are recorded at only $296 per adult," Credit Suisse report said.

However, it is thought that household liabilities may be significantly under-reported in the large and well-established household survey used to estimate debt in India, so the figure may be much higher, it said.

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Downturn? India to have 3.02 lakh millionaires by 2018!

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According to the report, while wealth has been rising strongly in India, and the ranks of the middle class and wealth have been swelling, not every one has been part of this growth story and there is still a great deal of poverty.

"This is reflected in the fact that 94 per cent of the adult population has wealth below $10,000," the report added.

There are 1,760 ultra high net worth individuals with wealth over $50 million and 770 UHNWIs with more than $100 million in India, the report added.

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